Image: National Museum Wales, one of the recipients of the new funding © Amgueddfa Cymru
The National Lottery Heritage Fund’s Heritage Innovation Fund has awarded capital to 13 projects exploring solutions to the sector’s hurdles
A collection of projects testing new approaches to work in the heritage sector are soon to conclude.
The National Lottery Heritage Fund’s Heritage Innovation Fund has supported 13 projects to explore and test ideas for tackling common challenges faced by heritage workforces.
It has now awarded £2.9million to 13 of these organisations to progress their ideas to the third and final stage, the Heritage Innovation Fund Grow Phase.
The successful organisations will work together in a cohort before taking the lessons back to their organisations to embed in the delivery of their workforce challenge solution.
The National Lottery Heritage Fund is to partner with The Young Foundation to deliver the cohort sessions – a mixture of masterclasses and peer learning groups.
The projects include the Arts Marketing Association’s new artificial intelligence platform, offering tailored learning about uses of AI for the heritage sector.
The National Museum of Wales (Amgueddfa Genedlaethol Cymru) will address ‘eco-anxiety’ and enhance wellbeing in the workforce through participation in activities that reduce the impact of climate change.
National Lottery Heritage Fund launches ‘Heritage Innovation Fund’ pilot
Eilish McGuinness, Chief Executive of The National Lottery Heritage Fund, said: “I’m delighted to see these 13 projects progress to the final stage. The cohort approach has already led to some impressive development of skills, confidence and capabilities – I’m excited for what they come up with next.
“Investing in innovation supports organisational sustainability, one of our four investment principles, and will ensure that heritage is valued, cared for and sustained for everyone, now and in the future.”
The full list of successful project is available here.
